BTRC fines Fiber@Home Tk 5 lakh
The Bangladesh Telecommunication Regulatory Commission (BTRC) yesterday imposed a Tk 5 lakh fine on Fiber@Home Ltd for providing internet services to end users despite lacking the required licence.
In its notice to Fiber@Home, a nationwide telecommunication transmission network (NTTN) service provider, the BTRC directed the company to admit its guilt and pay the penalty within 10 working days.
Failure to do so will lead to legal action against Fiber@Home in accordance with the telecom act, which includes cancelling the company's NTTN licence.
The BTRC said Fiber@Home was providing broadband internet services using the equipment, network operating centres and servers of other internet service providers under its "Cyclone Project".
This instruction follows a prior notice served to Fiber@Home and Fiber@Home Global Ltd on September 17 for running their broadband business through illegal and unlicensed internet service providers (ISPs).
Fiber@Home is a licensed NTTN service provider while Fiber@Home Global is an international internet gateway (IIG) operator.
According to BTRC guidelines, NTTN and IIG operators cannot run business as ISPs.
In a separate notice, the BTRC instructed the two companies to completely shut down all operational activities related to the Cyclone Project.
The commission also asked members of the Internet Service Providers Association of Bangladesh to refrain from all activities of Fiber@Home and Fiber@Home Global related to the Cyclone Project.
Fiber@Home and Fiber@Home Global said they were not involved in running any business as ISPs.
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